Vita’s Golden Week Not So Golden

May 10, 2012
Written by Heath Hindman

In Japan, the first week of May is traditionally a huge shot in the arm for video game hardware and software sales. The jumble of holidays known as “Golden Week” gives millions of people some time off, travel plans, and all the reason in the world to shed some of their expendable income on electronic entertainment. This year, the majority of that money went to one company whose name rhymes with “Nintendo.” Wait, I messed that up.

This is Vita’s first Golden Week on the market, and it only sold one-third of what the 3DS did in its first Golden Week (last year), which is most interesting because at that time, Japan was fresh off a devastating tsunami, the system had far fewer titles available, and the price drop had not yet happened.

You’ll notice there’s not a single PS Vita game on there, and there are only five games not for a Nintendo system. As a gamer, I’m glad to see Nintendo seemingly doing well, but by that same token, Sony’s gotta find a way to get the Vita hardware and software off the shelves and into peoples’ hands. But I’m not saying anything new, there.